DocumentCode
2266135
Title
Asymmetric transmission through chiral symmetry breaking in planar metamaterials
Author
Plum, E. ; Fedotov, V.A. ; Zheludev, N.I.
Author_Institution
EPSRC NanoPhotonics Portfolio Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We report that small chiral asymmetry of the unit cell of planar metamaterials leads to strong resonant asymmetric transmission for circularly polarized light due to excitation of enantiomerically sensitive trapped modes.
Keywords
chirality; light polarisation; light transmission; metamaterials; optical materials; photonic band gap; chiral symmetry breaking; circular light polarization; enantiomerically sensitive trapped mode excitation; photonic bandgap; planar metamaterials; resonant asymmetric transmission; Charge carrier processes; Copper; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Metamaterials; Optical reflection; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Polarization; Resonance; (160.3918) Metamaterials; (160.4760) Optical properties;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-859-9
Type
conf
Filename
4572791
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